• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
As Alert Level 3 remains hoisted over Kanlaon Volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) recorded another ash emission event that lasted 86 minutes, as of midnight of March 29.
In an advisory issued Sunday, PHIVOLCS reported 14 volcanic quakes, including a volcanic tremor for 86 minutes.
Kanlaon Volcano’s daily sulfur dioxide emissions (SO2) reached 2,258 tons on March 29, with plumes rising to 500 meters, accompanied by continuing degassing.
The volcano’s edifice remains inflated.
The status of Kanlaon Volcano was raised to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on December 9 last year.
Upgrading the alert status to Level 3 means that a “magmatic eruption has begun that may progress to further explosive eruptions,” according to PHIVOLCS.
The Kanlaon Volcano eruption led to the displacement of 4,319 families, composed of almost 14,000 individuals, who are now living inside and outside of evacuation centers, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.*
